52. TEMMINCK'S HORNED 

 PHEASANT. 



Tragopan temmincki^ (J. E. Gray). 



MALE : — Lower plumage crimson with 

 large oval grey spots. 



FEMALE : — Lower plumage with large 

 white blotches ; quills of the wing much 

 marked with rufous on both webs. 



Vernacular Names :— None known. 



It was about 1879 ^^at Captain H. 

 Stevens, of the 42nd Regiment N.I., 

 received this beautiful Pheasant alive 

 from the Mishmi people near Sadiya, at 

 the extreme east of Assam. There can be 

 little doubt that the birds brought to 

 Captain Stevens were captured somewhere 

 in the Mishmi Hills, and I therefore gladly 

 give this species a place among the Indian 

 game birds in the hope that sportsmen on 

 our north-eastern frontier may try and 

 obtain it. It is not unlikely to be found 

 on the mountains that skirt the Irrawaddy 

 river above Myitkyina. 



I can find nothing much on record 



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